Personal Narrative: Waking Up In The Woods

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You are walking out into the wilderness, and all you feel is the clear blues sky and the bright glazing sun ray devouring your skin. It could be a very uncomfortable or rather yet a step back from the over use of air conditioning. A beautiful summer morning in the woods would be an extreme challenge to the current generation. Being from the current generation I truly understand the beauty of waking up in the woods. We seem to have forgot how beautiful nature is because of the twenty four hour use of piece of rectangular device that displays a self-reflective image. The cellular device can capture an amazing display of nature that can last for a life time. Although waking up in the woods was difficult to process from the beginning but turned out to be a blessing in disguise. …show more content…
The first morning, I woke to a beautiful chirping sound from all the diverse birds in the woods. While stretching my arm far back, trying to wrap my around the world, I notice how beautiful and peace Mother Nature was. I took upon myself to evaluate my self-reliance in a short period of time. Rather than following my associates, I decided to become a man and explore the wilderness the reality of Mother Nature. Walking toward an unfolding path that lead me to the tree of wisdom. The tree was decorated in green Twizzlers and dark brown arms that can help me multitask in various works. As my visions comes back to reality, I notice these branches as many routes that we can take to achieve our goals. Society tend to take route and get discourage or even give up when that route does not work out. Knowing that would boost our motivation and desire to be

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